In late November management system registrars DNV and Intertek announced that they were in discussions regarding a potential to unite their business assurance activities.

(NIST: Washington) -- President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke recently announced that five organizations are the recipients of the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for innovation and performance excellence.

(Productivity Press: New York) -- Lean thinking has been linked to most core business processes, including product development, manufacturing, purchasing, accounting, and the supply chain.

(Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.: Austin, TX) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. recently announced a new method that enables rapid and accurate identification and quantification of pesticides in rice.

(Mettler-Toledo Inc.: Columbus, OH) -- METTLER-TOLEDO, a global supplier of precision instruments and services, presents its new

Today’s uncertain business environment is a driver for organizations to respond faster and with more agility to internal and external conditions and many are looking to the proven benefits of process management for help.

(EAGLE Registrations: Dayton, OH) -- EAGLE Registrations Inc., a third-party certification body that audits businesses to international standards, has published a new book, Management System Standards and Certification… The Basics 101.

(Eriez: Erie, PA) -- Customers can virtually attend material X-ray tests in real time with Eriez’s interactive online X-ray testing.

(Delcam plc: Birmingham, UK) -- Delcam.TV now has a special section devoted to the 2010 version of FeatureCam, their software for feature-based machin

(Xspect Solutions Inc.: Wixcom, MI) -- Xspect Solutions is the world’s largest supplier of rebuilt and remanufactured coordinate measurement machines (CMMs), and has extensive expertise in the area of large CMMs.